1 year between the pictures!!!

Skills in the sandpit!

Todays exercise: how to use a "spade"= english word? (the green thing).
In daycare they have a huge sandpit and the most popular spot amongs the kids. They play kitchen, foodmaking, build houses, car driving etc..... in the sandpit! So today we headed for the beach for a bit of a spade training. Bella liked it for about 10 minutes then ran out in the waves! Well it's a start, soon she is going to be playing in the sandpit for a long time! or maybe not?

Fish pond

I can't reach them....mum pick me up and let me go in....

Birthday party again!

Here I am playing with my friends ata party again! Weather was sunny and very hot so we ended up at the beach and in the water!

Around 10.00

"Daddy come out of there it's freezing in the water!" or I'll come in........ and Bella went in the water! After a cold swim some dry new clothes and a fresh bottle she fell into deep sleep in the pram! We continued home and put Bella in the car (still sleeping) and drove to the botanic garden to meet some friends and their little girl Pippi!

My hair!

Look I have got long hair now, soon you will see pigtails!

Saturday morning at 09.00!

A nice day!

Thursday: I had a good night sleep and woke up around 06.00! Mum and dad wanted to sleep a little bit longer so they put on a Baby Einstein DVD about music instument Bellas favourite for the moment. After some play in the bed mum and dad sat down for breakfast 08.00 and I ate a huge portion of porridge! Mum smiled then :)
09.00 Shower and play with my toys in my bath.
09.30 In the pram off to a playgroup in a church.
10.00-12.00 Playgroup-fun!
12.30 Sleep in the pram while mum and a friend with another child goes to a hardwareshop. Mum has a little project on the way!
13.30 Mum had time to sit in a park with her friend and play with her little one for a long time and talked a lot....then off to the beach because I no longer want to sit in my pram!
13.30-15.00 Play on the beach with sand, rocks and pebbles (snackor). The weather beautiful!
15.30 Home and eat a large portion off chicken and vegetables! Yummy I was very hungry!
17.00 Dad home and we can play untill I fall asleep 19.30!

That was my day how was yours?

Parcel arrived today!!!

Thanks grandpa/ma D and D for the great parcel that arrived today!!! I love all the clothes and mum can't wait to put me into them all and start using the new clothes!!! Mum and dad are very happy for their clothes too and the treats! So thanks again for a beautiful very well thought through parcel!!!

So tonight I played with my soft toy in the water and then I chew him....... taste rather good actually, though I got pretty wet from my play!?

I like to coosleep with mum and dad but sometimes they don't like it! Especially when I roll onto their face in the night...I like to me close you know! But because I am almost 11 kg I am afraid I suffocate them, so we have to look into some other options! So today mum put me in a travellcot for my nap. And I sleep very well in there! See how it goes for the night!

One apple a day keeps the doctor away!

Me running up/down the ramp on a playground, looking for some friends to run after me!

Ha ha ha catch me if you can............

No fear of birds!

This photo is for mums best friend Anna in Norrkoping because Anna is afraid of birds and especially the flying ones. Those ones did fly very close to Bella and she just tried to catch pat!!! also I know another one who respect flying birds..... my grandma D..... well if you want I can take you guys for a walk around here and maybe your fears will go away!?

Wednesday morning!

This morning we went up early 07.00 and mum and I got ready at about 09.00 for a morning walk along the beach. Here I am under the jetty in my new Pop dress size 86 (european size) and it fits me perfect now.

Where the Wild things are!

My favourite godnight story is the book called" Where the wild things are" and dad has to read it. When he reads the book he makes his voice so funny that even mum likes to listen! Dad almost knows all the words without turning the page now!

a mum....

You know you are a dedicated mum when you show up on mothersgroup with the top inside out without even noticing it! or another funny thing that happend after a few hours walk in/out of shops and playing at a playground with Bella: I had a clothes peg hanging from my newly washed top! I can't believe that no one said a word... so many people must have seen me that friday with the clothpeg still on my shirt (right on the back)! Back home I saw the peg and started to laugh! At least I must have put a smiley face on a few people that day!!!!

Take Care!

A banana flower!

This is the banana plants new flower! I'll keep you updated on the progress so that you can see how it really looks like when it is opened! A beautiful flower and rather big, there is a small bird who eats from it when it opends up!

Water fun!

Bellas first outdoor bath! What a nice way of spending some time outdoor in the warm air playing with water and some toys. We do need to invest in a better pool for Bella because she needs help in/out of this one and she wants to get in/out many times in a row......her doll got soaking wet and her plastic mugs/forks/plates where good toys to play around with!

Angry look!

This is the so called "angry look" that Bella sometimes give mum and dad for various reasons! But we just think she looks so cute in her angry look and it's hard to take her seroius then.... but we do try!

Happy parents!!

Finally we found a childcare center that will accept Isabella!!! And she starts in 2 weeks with a 4 week long introduction 1-2 hour per day/twice a week. Then 1 October her monday, thursday and fridays full days starts 8.00-16.00!!! That will be tough for her! and for us......

The center is in the hospital area but not the hospital I will do my 6 weeks long practicum/exam but a 15 minutes drive from it so not to far away.

Some info about the center: A beautiful indoor area with lots of windows that opends up to a nice fun outdoor area with sandpit and trees and other hiding spots.

Sleeping: the kids sleep on mattress, low beds or in a carseat hanging from the roof!? Either inside in a quite room or outside on the wooden porch whatever the kid likes best. With their bottle, toy or blanket. Also if they need help from staff to cuddle them they get it!

Food: all vegetarian cooked in the center (no issues with diffrent religions!?), 5 meals/ day is provided. Nappies provided.

Kids: age group 18 months -3 years and 11-14 in Bellas group/ 3 fulltime staff.

Price: 70$ per full day!!! but we do get some rebate and probably only have to pay half.

Atmosphere was very nice and friendly, all the kids was playing along with diffrent things from reading books, fingerpainting, dolls play, sandpit play, climbing trees..., kicking balls...

So now I can relax she will be in good hands! Now mum can get down to business and finish off her exam!!! So we can move on litteraly :)

Dad is making her a "social story" about the childcare center. We started this morning with a photo of Bella taking a shower and one with Bella in the car seat, next will be arriving to center, playing, eating, sleeping, playing and then mum/dad comes and go in a car again and arrive home!

This will help her predict the day! Often used for autistic children who can not predict their day!

Birthday party again!

Picnic brunch at a beautiful park was a hit this morning, lots of kids from the mothersgroup walking and crawling around!

Back from the party and trying mums coffee! Yummy!

Concentration

I am watching a "Baby Einstein" DVD about music instrument and I like to see the funny figures and listened the nice music, it makes me calm down if I am very tired!

When mum was 7 years old she played the violine, but she stopped at about 13 then it wasn't really cool enough for her! Mum liked specially to play in the orchestra where she had a lot of friends and she didn't need to play alone in front of Egon her violine teacher that she was a bit afraid of....

I wonder if I will play an instrument. Maybe drums....no, to noisy!!! piano....to big!!! saxophone maybe? What instrument did dad play? Guess?

Happy Friday!

Can you see all my white sparkling teeth?